3rd and 4th Grade Curriculum
Miss Hager
Literacy
Textbook: Spotlight on Literacy
Reading
· Reading Workshop Author Study Comprehension Strategies 1. Activating Schema 2. Questioning 3. Visualizing 4. Inferring 5. Synthesizing 6. Metacognition Spotlight on Literacy – Narrative and Expository Text
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Writing
· Handwriting Writer’s Workshop 1. Writing Process 2. Grammar and Mechanics 3. Poetry 4. Informational 5. Research Project & Presentation 6. Personal Style 3rd Grade- Fables, Folktales or Realistic Fiction 4th Grade- Myths, Legends, Fantasy or Adventure |
Word Work
· Wordly Wise · Spelling – Vocabulary · Speaking Conventions/Discourse · Listening Conventions/Response |
Math
Textbook: Progress in Math
3rd Grade | 4th Grade |
Number and Operations
· Number notation & place value · Addition & Subtraction · Multiplication Concepts & Facts · Division Concepts & Facts · Fractions -Relation to whole number -Addition & Subtraction -Decimal fractions in relation to $ |
Number and Operations
· Number notation & place value · Addition & Subtraction · Multiplication & Division · Fractions Concepts -Decimal fraction s -Add & Subtract fractions -Multiply & Divide fractions |
Measurement and Time
· Customary & Metric Units -Length & Capacity · Time & Elapsed Time |
Measurement
· Customary and Metric Units -Length, Capacity, Weight & Mass · Conversion · Time & Elapsed Time |
Geometry
· Geometric objects, Properties & Shapes · Symmetry · Congruent & Similar Figures · 3- dimensional solids · Perimeter, Area, & Volume |
Geometry
· Points, Lines, & Line Segments · Perpendicular, Parallel & Intersecting Lines · Symmetry & Transformations · Polygons, Quadrilaterals & Triangles · Perimeter, Area & Volume |
Statistics & Probability
· Graphing · Predict Probability |
Statistics & Probability
· Graphing · Predict Probability |
Problem Solving Strategies | Problem Solving Strategies |
Science
Delta Science
Life Science
· Plant and Animal Life Cycles 1) Living and Nonliving 2) Plant Life Cycle Begins 3) Germinating Seeds 4) Meet the Fruit Fly 5) Observing the Fruit Fly 6) Plant Growth 7) Seeds and More Seeds 8) Inside a Flower 9) Plant Life Cycle 10) Fruit Fly Life Cycle 11) Plants and Animals 12) Death of Organisms
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Earth Science
· Earth Movements 1) Our Earth 2) The Earth’s Crust 3) Rocks: Clues to the Past 4) Convection Currents 5) Continents Adrift 6) Plates in Motion 7) Ocean-Floor Spreading 8) Subduction 9) Building Mountains 10) The Vibrating Earth 11) The Ring of Fire |
Physical Science
· Sound 1) How Do Sounds Vary? 2) Good Vibrations 3) How Sound Travels 4) How We Hear Sounds 5) Bouncing Sound 6) Musical Vibrations 7) Loud and Soft 8) High or Low 9) Mounting Tension |
Social Studies
Textbook: Michigan
Michigan
· Studying Michigan –Geography and Regions · Early Michigan-The First People and European Arrivals · Michigan Joins the United States- Statehood and The Civil War · Michigan Grows- New Century, Depression & World War · Michigan Today-Industry and Tourism |
Religion
Textbook: Image of God Series
3rd Grade | 4th Grade |
· The Mystery of God
· Who We Are · Acting as Images of God · The Perfect Image of God · The Church: The Person of Christ · Liturgical Seasons & Holidays |
· God Created Everything
· God Always Loves Us · Jesus, Our Example · Jesus is With Us · Acting as an Image of God · Liturgical Seasons & Holidays |